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Most history starts with a find.So what happens when you start with an urban myth?

Today the Thames riverboat pilots tell the story of Waterloo Bridge being built by women during the Second World War, they kept the story alive since the 1950’s.

However, no “official” record of this history existed as historian Dr Christine Wall discovered after years of trawling through the archives.

In 2005, film-makers Karen Livesey and Jo Wiser joined the search, making an oral history film of the journey to find these women.

The Ladies’ Bridge documentary explores why these bridge builders and many thousands of female construction workers had been written out of history.

It was not until 2015, with the find of these three photographs and a crucial interview from the The Ladies’ Bridge documentary , that Historic England officially acknowledged womens’ contribution to the building of the bridge with a listing.

The Ladies’ Bridge Documentary ( 30 minutes )

Director: Karen Livesey

Producers : Jo Wiser & Karen Livesey

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